What do Women Want?

Ah the age old question. This week’s NY Times Magazine seems to have somewhat of an answer for everyone who has been wondering.

Apparently, female sexuality is more fluid than male sexuality (no big surprise there) and actually like the idea, in some ways, of being objectified. As feministing points out:

In a world where women are often objectified against their will, is the ultimate turn on being able to control and even illicit our own objectification? This line of thinking also holds up when considering the number of women who have fantasies of being dominated, and sometimes raped. Is it sexually arousing to feel a sense of power over your own decision to submit in a world where you feel vulnerable to others domination against your will?

Despite some of the problems with this article, which I won’t go into, but you can read about a few here, I think that it’s pretty great that the NY Times magazine has dedicated space to an article like this. Our society is so concerned about fitting women and female sexuality into neat little boxes, and I think this article provides the space to question some of these assumptions.